Mixing-faucet fixture



April 15, 1930. N. AUGUST, JR 1,754,217

MIXING FAUCE'I FIXTURE Filed March 16, 1927 INVENTOR I $10 w ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 15, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE J NATHAN AUGUST, JR, OI NEWARK, NEW JERSEY MIxING-FAUCET FIXTURE Application filed March 16, 1927. Serial No. 175,792.

that only the operating handles are visible whereby the pipe connections are protected and concealed to roduce an ornamental and sanitary installation.

Other objects are to provide a novel and improved combination of water supply fixture and a casing or housing wherein the housin is directly connected to and supported by the fixture by cooperation through action of, gravity of projections on the interior of the housing and on the fixture; to

rovide such a combination wherein the housing has an interior lug which is separably held by action of gravity in engagement with a In on the water supply fixture, whereby the ousing can be easily and so quickly applied and removed; and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding and like parts are designated throughout the several views by the same reference characters,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mixing faucet fixture embodying the invention, showing a form of the invention specially adapted for a sink or a bath tub;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view, taken on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary transverse vertical sectional view showing another means for securing the casing to the pipefittings.

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 1-3, inclusive, the reference characters A and B designate Water supply valves of known construction each includin a casing 1 having an exteriorly threaded lnlet nipple 2 at the inner end of which is a base flange 3. The casings 1 also have cast integral therewith outlet nipples 4 which are disposed at substantially ri ht angles to the inlet nipples 2. Within t e casings 1 are arranged the usual valve mechanisms, access to which is obtained through removal of the valve bonnets 5, and the said valve mechanisms have valve stems 6 projecting from the casings in substantially axial alinement with the inlet nipples 2. The valve bonnets 5 are provided with exteriorly threaded tubular bosses 7 upon which are threaded bushings 8. Op-

erating handles. 9 of suitable construction are secured to the projecting ends of the valve stems 6 for operating the valve mechanisms. One of the outlet nipples 4 is formed with an integral outlet nozzle 10 disposed substantially at right angles to the outlet nipple, and said nozzle has an elbow 11 threaded thereon. The nipple 4 carrying the nozzle 10 is exteriorly threaded at 12, while the nipple 4 of the other valve, in the present instance the valve A, has a union 13 thereon to connect with the threaded end 12.

As hereinbefore mentioned, this fixture is intended for use with kitchen sinks or bath tubs, and one object is to eliminate the necessity of embedding the valves and connections thereof with the supply pipes in the wall of the building. In Figure 2 of the drawings the reference characters D designate water supply pipes which have their ends projecting from the wall and'i'n substantially the plane of the outer surface of the apron E of a porcelain sink, or the inner surface of the end Wall of a bath tub. In applying the fixture, the valves A and B are disconnected from each other by separation of the union 13, and the threaded nipples 2 of the respective valves are separately screwed into the ends of the respective supply pipes D by rotation of the valve casings, whereupon the base flanges 3 are brought into contact with the surface of the wall or the surface of the apron E of a sink, or the inner surface of one end of a bath tub, as the case may be. The valve casings 1 are rotated finally until the outlet nipples 4 are in substantially axial alinement, after which the union 13 is tightened u to connect the outlet nipples, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

Another important feature of my invention which is in part made possible by this .particular construction of valve bodies and pipe connections, is the provision of a-housing for the valve bodies and pipe connections. This housing is designated y the reference character F and has one side thereof open to slip over the valve bodies, outlet ni ples 4 and nozzle 10, while the opposite side is formed with openings 14 to receive the projecting bosses 7 on the valve bonnets and projecting ends of the valve stems 6. Be-

' tween the openings 14-the corresponding side of the housin is formed with a lateral integral projection 15 to receive the nozzle 10, sald projection having an outlet opening 16 disposed at substantially right angles to the axis of the nozzle in alinement with the outlet of elbow 11.

In applyin the housing, the handles 9 of the valves an the bushings 8 are removed.

The housing is then slipped over the valve casings 1 and the nozzle 10 until the edges of the open side of the housing abut the surface of the wall, the sink apron, one end of the bath tub, or the like, as at 17. The housing is of such depth that the side thereofopposite said open side will then substantially abut the valve bonnets 5. The bushings 8 are then screwed upon the bosses 7 so as to clam the housing between said bushings and t e valve bonnets, after which the handles 9 are applied to the stems 6. A bushing 18 may then be screwed into the elbow 11 through the opening 16 so as to clamp the easing to the nozzle and provide a neat appearance around the opening 16.

The exterior of the housing F will referably be white enamel or porcelain nish corresponding to a tile wall, porcelain sink apron, bath tub or the like, and it will be observed that all metal parts and connections of the valve casings with each other and with the supply pipes and outlet nozzle, are entirely enc osed y the housing so as to produce a neat and sanitary appearance and to protect the connections from injury. At the same time, the housin may be quickly removed by slipping off 1; e handles 9, the bushings 8 and the bushing 18, and the valves are thus made easily and quickly accessible for repair or replacement and Without injury to the wall or supporting surface in which the supply pipes are tted.

It may be desirable in some instances to completely eliminate metal projecting from the housing, for example the bushing 8, and where this is desirable said bushings and the corresponding bosses 7 may be eliminated, as

31 slip behind is 31 and 32, as shown in Figure 4. The lugs 31 are so located as to be disposed between the lugs 32 and the wall or apron E so that by action of gravit upon the housing the lugs he lugs 32. These lugs then serve to clamp the housing against accidental displacement from the valves and fittings. The handles 33 of the valves are applied to the valve stems and are closely arranged with respect to the outer surface of the hous- Tn all forms of the invention, it will be seen that all pipe connections are easily accessible, for example in the basin fitting it is not necessary for the plumber to work from underneath the basin as is usual; there are a minimum number of parts and connections thereof to be made, the fixture is capable of interchan able use for a number of purposes, an is sanitary and neat in appearance.

While I have shown and described certain preferred embodiments of my invention including the specific details of construction it will be understood that this is primarily or the purpose of illustrating the details of the invention and that many modifications and changes ma be made in the details of construction without departing from the irit or scope of the invention. Therefore, do not desire to be understood as limiting myself, except as required by the following claims when construed in the light of the prior ar Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a plumbing fixture, the combination with a support having a plurality of fittings projecting therefrom and formed with operating stems, of a housin having an open side to slip over all of sai fittings with the edges of said open side abutting said support and formed with openings one to receive each of said stems so that said fittings are wholly enclosed by said housing and said stems project through said openin from the housing, and operating hand es on said stems, said housing having fastening lugs on its interior and certain of said fittings having fastening lugs to cooperate and separably held by action of gravity in engagement wlth the first-mentioned lug on said housing for holdmg said housing in position to enclose said fittings.

2. In a plumbing fixture, the combination with a support having a plurality of fittings projecting therefrom and formed with operating stems, of a housing having an open side to shp over all of said fittings with the edges of said open side abutting said support and formed with openings one to receive each of said stems so that said fittings are Wholly enclosed by said housing and said stems projeot through said openings from the housing, and operating handles on said stems, certain of said fittings having upwardly projeeting fastening lugs, and said housing having inwardly projecting fastening lugs to separably cooperate With said lugs on the fittings, the lugs on the housing being normally disposed between the lugs on the fittings and said support so as to hold said housing in position to enclose said fittings.

NATHAN AUGUST, JR. 

